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1938....China, held in a death grip by the invading Japanese... Peking, occupied and under Japanese military rule. This is the setting for The Peking Incident, a tense, fascinating novel. George Atchison's conflict-ridden hero is John Edgerton, a young experienced diplomat on the staff of the American Legation in Peking. Pro-Chinese, but forced by his government's neutralist policy to treat with the unlikeable new Japanese military government, Edgerton's situation is complicated by a fiery love affair that is at best imprudent and at worst, potentially dangerous. The danger is not long in materializing - in order to put pressure on Edgerton and compromise his position, the Japanese abduct Edgerton's beautiful Sino-Russian mistress and hold her in Peking's red-light district. How Edgerton goes about solving this dilemma provides a satisfying thrilling climax to this exciting tale.
